Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)

War

During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not being able to take part in the fighting. They had been held back by orders from the Naval Ministry, but there was also a plot by saboteurs, who were trying to prevent the sailing of the Mutsu. Director Komori developed a suspenseful plot by including a fictional adaptation of the Russian spy Richard Sorge, who had been captured in Japan and subsequently executed. Komori brings a fictional Russian spy to the screen by portraying him as a military attaché at the German embassy. As Germany was an ally of Japan in WWII, a secret agent being a mole in the German embassy is a perfect cover. The interaction of the saboteurs and the officers and crew of the Mutsu make an exciting story.

Director: Kiyoshi Komori
Writers: Kozo Hayama, Mon Shichijo.

Casts

	Shigeru Amachi as Lt. Commander Fushimi
	Bunta Sugawara as Lieutenant Matsumoto
	Kinuko Obata as Misako Akashi
	Noriko Kitazawa as Yukie Gorai
	Toshio Hosokawa as Lieutenant Ikegami
	Keinosuke Wada as Warrant Officer Gorai
	Yōichi Numata as Captain Hirano
	Shinsuke Mikimoto as Ensign Katsunuma
	Jotaro Yuki as
	Yōji Misaki as
	Kyōji Kokonoe as Mineichi Koga
	Ryuji Wakamiya as Lieutenant Kurosawa
	Sōzaburō Kikuchi as Soemu Toyoda
	Hiroshi Nakaoka as Warrant Officer Kamichika
	Carla Richter as
	William Ross as
	Reiko Seto as Akiko
	Kanjūrō Arashi as Shigetaro Shimada
	Ken Utsui as Lieutenant Kaneda

Crew